Changing The Sensitivity Of The Light - Canon 7 How To Use Manual

When the lens aperture ring is preset to the desired "F" stop: Turn the shutter dial and match the aperture reading
on the meter indicator window to the guide line where the needle rests.
click-stops.
NOTE:
• The light meter cannot be used for "B" and "T" exposures or when using speedlight.
• When using the light meter, be sure that YOUR HAND DOES NOT COVER THE PHOTOCELL

Changing the Sensitivity Of The Light

Ordinarily, low sensitivity black dot: is used for brightness outdoors. High sensitivity orange dot for indoors and
before or after sunset outdoors. If your subject is in so bright a light that it causes the needle to scale out, or
when the subject is too dark to give sufficient impulse to the needle, the sensitivity of the light meter is changed
by turning the sensitivity shifting knob. If the orange dot on the sensitivity shifting knob is matched to the index
mark, indicating the need of high sensitivity (because the subject is dark, the aperture reading must be read off
from the orange scale. Conversely, if the black dot is matched to the index mark, indicating the need of low
sensitivity (because the subject is too bright, the aperture reading must be read off from the white scale.
The shutter dial should be set where it
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